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263: Thinking Elixir 263: BEAM Scales from Nano to BBC Big
News includes the BEAM runtime fitting into just 16MB for the GRiSP Nano prototype, the BBC using Elixir to serve most of their web and mobile traffic, GenStage's pull-based design delivering 50% performance improvements, a new PDF data extraction library that leverages Python through PythonX, AppSignal's guide to deploying Phoenix with Kamal, an Elixir School lesson on embedding Lua in applications, Peter Solnica's new inflection library for word transformations, Fly.io announcing Docker Compose compatibility for multi-container deployments, and the full ElixirConf 2025 agenda going live with discount tickets available, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/263 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/263) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-july2025) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://www.grisp.org/blog/posts/2025-06-11-grisp-nano-codebeam-sto (https://www.grisp.org/blog/posts/2025-06-11-grisp-nano-codebeam-sto?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GRiSP Nano prototype shows BEAM can run in just 16MB of memory https://grisp.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/grisp-2 (https://grisp.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/grisp-2?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GRiSP 2 tiny computer available now for BEAM applications https://bsky.app/profile/ettomatic.bsky.social/post/3lua7lpcxi22s (https://bsky.app/profile/ettomatic.bsky.social/post/3lua7lpcxi22s?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bluesky post announcing BBC's ElixirConf EU talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99QDd0_C20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99QDd0_C20?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – How Elixir Powers the BBC From PoC to Production at Scale by Ettore Berardi https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-Software-Engineer/24846-en_GB/ (https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-Software-Engineer/24846-en_GB/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – BBC job posting for Senior Software Engineer using Elixir https://x.com/accomazzo/status/1945622634731114801 (https://x.com/accomazzo/status/1945622634731114801?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GenStage's pull-based design explanation with 6-minute video showing 50% speed improvement https://x.com/nelsonmestevao/status/1947087502902231412 (https://x.com/nelsonmestevao/status/1947087502902231412?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – X post announcing the pdf_extractor library for data extraction from PDFs https://github.com/nelsonmestevao/pdf_extractor/ (https://github.com/nelsonmestevao/pdf_extractor/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PDF data extraction library for Elixir https://hexdocs.pm/pdf_extractor/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/pdf_extractor/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Documentation for pdf_extractor library https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber (https://github.com/jsvine/pdfplumber?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Python pdfplumber library that pdf_extractor leverages https://github.com/livebook-dev/pythonx (https://github.com/livebook-dev/pythonx?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PythonX library for seamless Python integration with Elixir https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/244?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Interview with Jonatan Kłosko about PythonX https://blog.appsignal.com/2025/06/10/deploying-phoenix-applications-with-kamal.html (https://blog.appsignal.com/2025/06/10/deploying-phoenix-applications-with-kamal.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AppSignal article on deploying Phoenix applications with Kamal https://kamal-deploy.org/ (https://kamal-deploy.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Kamal deployment tool - Capistrano for Containers https://github.com/elixirschool/school_house (https://github.com/elixirschool/school_house?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir School open source repository https://elixirschool.com/en/lessons/misc/lua (https://elixirschool.com/en/lessons/misc/lua?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir School lesson on embedding Lua in Elixir applications https://hexdocs.pm/lua/ (https://hexdocs.pm/lua/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Lua package documentation https://github.com/tv-labs/lua (https://github.com/tv-labs/lua?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir friendly wrapper around luerl Erlang package https://github.com/rvirding/luerl (https://github.com/rvirding/luerl?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Luerl Erlang package for Lua integration https://bsky.app/profile/solnic.dev/post/3luaizmyjvt2c (https://bsky.app/profile/solnic.dev/post/3luaizmyjvt2c?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Peter Solnica announces new Inflection library on Bluesky https://github.com/solnic/drops_inflector (https://github.com/solnic/drops_inflector?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Drops Inflector library for word inflections in Elixir https://bsky.app/profile/fly.io/post/3lt4bjcouwn2y (https://bsky.app/profile/fly.io/post/3lt4bjcouwn2y?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fly.io announces Docker Compose compatibility https://community.fly.io/t/docker-compose-compatibility-the-journey-begins/25285 (https://community.fly.io/t/docker-compose-compatibility-the-journey-begins/25285?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fly.io community post about Docker Compose compatibility journey https://community.fly.io/t/using-containers-with-flyctl/24729 (https://community.fly.io/t/using-containers-with-flyctl/24729?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Guide on using containers with flyctl https://fly.io/docs/machines/guides-examples/multi-container-machines/ (https://fly.io/docs/machines/guides-examples/multi-container-machines/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fly.io documentation for multi-container machines https://elixirstream.dev/gendiff (https://elixirstream.dev/gendiff?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – David's Elixir gendiff project https://elixirconf.com/ (https://elixirconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf 2025 full agenda now live https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir (https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf tickets with ThinkingElixir discount code for 10% off Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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262: Five Years of Perfect Uptime
News includes Phoenix 1.8.0-rc.4 and LiveView 1.1.0-rc.3 with igniter upgrader support, new libraries including deps_changelog and the Hog process debugging tool by Alex Koutmos, Fly.io's announcement of managed Postgres, an incredible conference talk about Waterpark - a healthcare system built on the BEAM that achieved 100% uptime for 5 years and running, tips on using Elixir compiler directives for function inlining, the full ElixirConf US 2025 schedule with keynotes from José Valim and Chris McCord, CodeBeam Europe speaker announcements, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/262 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/262) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-july2025) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3ltz36vf4ts2u (https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3ltz36vf4ts2u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix 1.8.0-rc.4 and LiveView 1.1.0-rc.3 released with igniter upgrader for LiveView 1.0 users https://tomkonidas.com/repo-transact/ (https://tomkonidas.com/repo-transact/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New Ecto 3.13 Repo.transact/2 used in generators Added security.md guide for security best practices and fetch() support for LongPoll in Service Workers https://github.com/serpent213/deps_changelog (https://github.com/serpent213/deps_changelog?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New library called deps_changelog that finds additions to dependency CHANGELOG files upon update https://x.com/akoutmos/status/1935463503164309611 (https://x.com/akoutmos/status/1935463503164309611?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Alex Koutmos announces new Elixir process debugging library called "Hog" https://github.com/akoutmos/hog (https://github.com/akoutmos/hog?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Hog library used to pinpoint and deal with memory hungry processes, helps track down OOM issues https://bsky.app/profile/fly.io/post/3ltlmmz4hq72n (https://bsky.app/profile/fly.io/post/3ltlmmz4hq72n?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fly.io announces managed Postgres with automatic backups, failover, and monitoring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdBm4K-vvt0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdBm4K-vvt0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Waterpark conference talk - Transforming Healthcare with Distributed Actors achieving 100% uptime for 5 years https://x.com/sasajuric/status/1943601894141640808 (https://x.com/sasajuric/status/1943601894141640808?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Saša Jurić shares about the Waterpark talk https://curiosum.com/blog/interacting-with-google-sheets-in-elixir (https://curiosum.com/blog/interacting-with-google-sheets-in-elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – In-depth article about using Elixir and Phoenix to pull data from Google Spreadsheet https://x.com/jskalc/status/1945092835067211929 (https://x.com/jskalc/status/1945092835067211929?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fun tip about Elixir compiler directive to inline functions for performance https://bsky.app/profile/elixirconf.bsky.social/post/3ltjyeeamwi2s (https://bsky.app/profile/elixirconf.bsky.social/post/3ltjyeeamwi2s?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2025 full schedule published https://elixirconf.com/#keynotes (https://elixirconf.com/#keynotes?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf keynotes featuring José Valim, Chris McCord, and others https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir (https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Get ElixirConf 2025 tickets with "ThinkingElixir" discount code for 10% off https://codebeameurope.com (https://codebeameurope.com?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – CodeBeam Europe speaker list is up for November 5-6 in Berlin and Online Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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261: Why Elixir and a $300K Daily Bill?
News includes Phoenix LiveView 1.1.0 release candidates featuring change tracking in comprehensions by default and TypeScript annotations, José Valim's inspiring DevLabs interview about building authentic tools and fostering healthy ecosystems, Matthew Sinclair's comprehensive post outlining 9 compelling reasons to choose Elixir, Peter Solnica's exciting teaser about rebuilding rom-rb in Elixir, Igniter's growing adoption with 45 packages now using it for simplified installation, ElixirConf 2025 US tickets available with ThinkingElixir discount, Figma's S-1 filing revealing their staggering $300,000 daily AWS costs, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/261 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/261) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_campaign=thinkingelixir-july2025) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a special offer. https://hexdocs.pm/phoenixliveview/1.1.0-rc.2/changelog.html#v1-1-0-rc-2-2025-07-05 (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_live_view/1.1.0-rc.2/changelog.html#v1-1-0-rc-2-2025-07-05?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix LiveView 1.1.0 release candidate with change tracking in comprehensions by default https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lteubbasjc2g (https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lteubbasjc2g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Steffen's thread about LiveView 1.1.0 RC changes and improvements Includes Colocated JS hooks and TypeScript type annotations to all public JavaScript APIs https://x.com/vmelnikova_en/status/1939754121005031881 (https://x.com/vmelnikova_en/status/1939754121005031881?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – DevLabs interview announcement with José Valim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihn2fuc_ueQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihn2fuc_ueQ?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim on feeding desire to learn, healthy Elixir ecosystem and the future of AI tooling https://bsky.app/profile/matthewsinclair.com/post/3ltfyuekfkc2w (https://bsky.app/profile/matthewsinclair.com/post/3ltfyuekfkc2w?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Matthew Sinclair's post about why Elixir is a great choice https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0181-why-elixir (https://matthewsinclair.com/blog/0181-why-elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – \"Why Elixir? A Rebuttal to Common Misconceptions\" blog post with 9 reasons https://hex.pm/packages/recon (https://hex.pm/packages/recon?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Collection of functions and scripts to debug Erlang in production. https://hex.pm/packages/observer_cli (https://hex.pm/packages/observer_cli?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Visualize Erlang/Elixir Nodes On The Command Line https://bsky.app/profile/solnic.dev/post/3ltf3e7nije24 (https://bsky.app/profile/solnic.dev/post/3ltf3e7nije24?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Peter Solnica teaser about rebuilding rom-rb in Elixir https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3ltg6dak7fk2f (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3ltg6dak7fk2f?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel shares that Igniter now has 45 packages using it for simplified installation https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir (https://ti.to/elixirconf/2025/discount/ThinkingElixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf 2025 US tickets with "ThinkingElixir" discount code for 10% off https://www.figma.com/blog/s1-public/ (https://www.figma.com/blog/s1-public/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Figma's S-1 filing announcement for going public https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579878/000162828025033742/figma-sx1.htm (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579878/000162828025033742/figma-sx1.htm?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Figma's SEC S-1 filing document https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/design-platform-figma-spends-300000-on-aws-daily/ (https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/design-platform-figma-spends-300000-on-aws-daily/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Figma spends $300,000 daily on AWS services according to S-1 filing Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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260: Cheaper testing with AI?
News includes LiveDebugger v0.3.0 with enhanced debugging capabilities for Phoenix LiveView including redirect following and dead process state browsing, Oban 1.6 featuring sub-workflows and cascading workflows, YOLO v0.2.0 bringing YOLOX support for faster image detection in Elixir, a discussion on the importance of testing and how AI tools are making test creation easier, helpful LiveView tips for opening unique URLs in new tabs, and progress updates on the new Expert LSP project for improved Elixir language server capabilities, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/260 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/260) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3lsgrudmtgk2u (https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3lsgrudmtgk2u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger v0.3.0 release announcement on BlueSky https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger (https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger GitHub repository - browser-based tool for debugging Phoenix LiveView applications https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lstnmlzd7226 (https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lstnmlzd7226?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Oban 1.6 release announcement on BlueSky https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0/changelog.html (https://oban.pro/docs/pro/1.6.0/changelog.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Oban 1.6 changelog with sub-workflows, cascading workflows, grafting, and more features https://github.com/poeticoding/yolo_elixir (https://github.com/poeticoding/yolo_elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – YOLO v0.2.0 GitHub repository - image detection library for Elixir https://www.poeticoding.com/elixir-yolo-v0-2-0-yolox-support-custom-models-and-performance-boost/ (https://www.poeticoding.com/elixir-yolo-v0-2-0-yolox-support-custom-models-and-performance-boost/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post about YOLO v0.2.0 major release with YOLOX support https://github.com/poeticoding/yolo_elixir/releases/tag/0.2.0 (https://github.com/poeticoding/yolo_elixir/releases/tag/0.2.0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – YOLO v0.2.0 release notes https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3lslzsazcys2r (https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3lslzsazcys2r?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco's BlueSky post about the importance of testing https://www.germanvelasco.com/blog/why-we-test (https://www.germanvelasco.com/blog/why-we-test?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post by German Velasco on why we test and the benefits of automated testing https://x.com/philipbrown/status/1939630205875663017 (https://x.com/philipbrown/status/1939630205875663017?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Philip Brown's Twitter tip about generating unique URLs from LiveView that open in new tabs https://expert-lsp.org/ (https://expert-lsp.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Expert LSP project website placeholder for the new Elixir Language Server https://bsky.app/profile/expert-lsp.org/post/3lsqragb4ns23 (https://bsky.app/profile/expert-lsp.org/post/3lsqragb4ns23?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Expert LSP BlueSky account first teaser post about the new Elixir Language Server project Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Find us online - Message the show - Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingelixir.com) - Message the show - X (https://x.com/ThinkingElixir) - Message the show on Fediverse - @ThinkingElixir@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/ThinkingElixir) - Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) - Mark Ericksen on X - @brainlid (https://x.com/brainlid) - Mark Ericksen on Bluesky - @brainlid.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/brainlid.bsky.social) - Mark Ericksen on Fediverse - @brainlid@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/brainlid) - David Bernheisel on Bluesky - @david.bernheisel.com (https://bsky.app/profile/david.bernheisel.com) - David Bernheisel on Fediverse - @dbern@genserver.social (https://genserver.social/dbern)
259: Chris McCord on phoenix.new
News includes the public launch of Phoenix.new - Chris McCord's revolutionary AI-powered Phoenix development service with full browser IDE and remote runtime capabilities, Ecto v3.13 release featuring the new transact/1 function and built-in JSON support, Nx v0.10 with improved documentation and NumPy comparisons, Phoenix 1.8 getting official security documentation covering OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, Zach Daniel's new "evals" package for testing AI language model performance, and ElixirConf US speaker announcements with keynotes from José Valim and Chris McCord. Saša Jurić shares his comprehensive thoughts on Elixir project organization and structure, Sentry's Elixir SDK v11.x adding OpenTelemetry-based tracing support, and more! Then we dive deep with Chris McCord himself for an exclusive interview about his newly launched phoenix.new service, exploring how AI-powered code generation is bringing Phoenix applications to people from outside the community. We dig into the technology behind the remote runtime and what it means for the future of rapid prototyping in Elixir. Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/259 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/259) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://phoenix.new/ (https://phoenix.new/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord's phoenix.new project is open to the public https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1936068482065666083 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1936068482065666083?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix.new was opened to the public - a service for building Phoenix apps with AI runtime, full browser IDE, and remote development capabilities https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto (https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ecto v3.13 was released with new features including transact/1, schema redaction, and built-in JSON support https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/blob/v3.13.2/CHANGELOG.md#v3132-2025-06-24 (https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/blob/v3.13.2/CHANGELOG.md#v3132-2025-06-24?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ecto v3.13 changelog with detailed list of new features and improvements https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx (https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Nx v0.10 was released with documentation improvements and floating-point precision enhancements https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx/blob/main/nx/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-nx/nx/blob/main/nx/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Nx v0.10 changelog including new advanced guides and NumPy comparison cheatsheets https://paraxial.io/blog/phoenix-security-docs (https://paraxial.io/blog/phoenix-security-docs?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix 1.8 gets official security documentation covering OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6295 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6295?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Pull request adding comprehensive security guide to Phoenix documentation https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lscszxpakc2o (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lscszxpakc2o?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel announces new "evals" package for testing and comparing AI language models https://github.com/ash-project/evals (https://github.com/ash-project/evals?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Evals project for evaluating AI model performance on coding tasks with structured testing https://bsky.app/profile/elixirconf.bsky.social/post/3lsbt7anbda2o (https://bsky.app/profile/elixirconf.bsky.social/post/3lsbt7anbda2o?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US speakers beginning to be announced including keynotes from José Valim and Chris McCord https://elixirconf.com/#keynotes (https://elixirconf.com/#keynotes?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf website showing keynote speakers and initial speaker lineup https://x.com/sasajuric/status/1937149387299316144 (https://x.com/sasajuric/status/1937149387299316144?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Saša Jurić shares collection of writings on Elixir project organization and structure recommendations https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-the-core-and-the-interface-c267f0da43 (https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-the-core-and-the-interface-c267f0da43?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Saša Jurić's article on organizing Elixir projects with core and interface separation https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-boundaries-ba013c731c0a (https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-boundaries-ba013c731c0a?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Article on using boundaries in Elixir applications for better structure https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-the-anatomy-of-a-core-module-b7372009ca6d (https://medium.com/very-big-things/towards-maintainable-elixir-the-anatomy-of-a-core-module-b7372009ca6d?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Deep dive into structuring core modules in Elixir applications https://github.com/sasa1977/mixphxalt (https://github.com/sasa1977/mix_phx_alt?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Demo project showing alternative Phoenix project structure with core/interface organization https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-elixir/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1100 (https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-elixir/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1100?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Sentry updates Elixir SDK to v11.x with tracing support using OpenTelemetry Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Discussion Resources https://phoenix.new/ (https://phoenix.new/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The Remote AI Runtime for Phoenix. Describe your app, and watch it take shape. Prototype quickly, experiment freely, and share instantly. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1936074795843551667 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1936074795843551667?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – You can vibe code on your phone https://x.com/sukinoverse/status/1936163792720949601 (https://x.com/sukinoverse/status/1936163792720949601?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Another success example - Stripe integrations https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/ (https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – OpenAI Codex, Open AI's AI system that translates natural language to code https://devin.ai/ (https://devin.ai/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Devin is an AI coding agent and software engineer that helps developers build better software faster. 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258: CVEs, MCPs, and Petabyte Dreams
News includes the first CVE released under EEF's new CNA program for an Erlang zip traversal vulnerability, Phoenix MacroComponents being delayed for greater potential, Supabase announcing Multigres - a Vitess-like proxy for scaling Postgres to petabyte scale, a surge of new MCP server implementations for Phoenix and Plug including Phantom, HermesMCP, ExMCP, Vancouver, and Excom, a fun blog post revealing that Erlang was the only language that didn't crash under extreme load testing against 6 other languages, LiveDebugger v0.3.0 being teased with Firefox extension support and enhanced debugging capabilities, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/258 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/258) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://cna.erlef.org/cves/cve-2025-4748.html (https://cna.erlef.org/cves/cve-2025-4748.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New CVE for Erlang regarding zip traversal - 4.8 severity (medium) with workaround available or update to latest patched OTP versions First CVE released under the EEF's new CNA (CVE Numbering Authority) program - a successful process milestone https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lrlhd5etkc2p (https://bsky.app/profile/steffend.me/post/3lrlhd5etkc2p?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix MacroComponents is being delayed in search of greater potential https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/3846 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3846?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Draft PR for Phoenix MacroComponents development https://x.com/supabase/status/1933627932972376097 (https://x.com/supabase/status/1933627932972376097?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Supabase announcement of Multigres project https://supabase.com/blog/multigres-vitess-for-postgres (https://supabase.com/blog/multigres-vitess-for-postgres?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Multigres - Vitess for Postgres, announcement of a new proxy for scaling Postgres databases to petabyte scale https://github.com/multigres/multigres (https://github.com/multigres/multigres?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Multigres GitHub repository Sugu, co-creator of Vitess, has joined Supabase to build Multigres https://hex.pm/packages/phantom_mcp (https://hex.pm/packages/phantom_mcp?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phantom MCP server - comprehensive implementation supporting Streamable HTTP with Phoenix/Plug integration https://hex.pm/packages/hermes_mcp (https://hex.pm/packages/hermes_mcp?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – HermesMCP - comprehensive MCP server with client, stdio and Plug adapters https://hex.pm/packages/ex_mcp (https://hex.pm/packages/ex_mcp?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ExMCP - comprehensive MCP implementation with client, server, stdio and Plug adapters, uses Horde for distribution https://hex.pm/packages/vancouver (https://hex.pm/packages/vancouver?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Vancouver MCP server - simple implementation supporting only tools https://hex.pm/packages/excom (https://hex.pm/packages/excom?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Excom MCP server - simple implementation supporting only tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dzZ44-xVds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dzZ44-xVds?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshAI video demo showing incredible introspection capabilities for MCP frameworks https://freedium.cfd/https:/medium.com/@codeperfect/we-tested-7-languages-under-extreme-load-and-only-one-didnt-crash-it-wasn-t-what-we-expected-67f84c79dc34 (https://freedium.cfd/https:/medium.com/@codeperfect/we-tested-7-languages-under-extreme-load-and-only-one-didnt-crash-it-wasn-t-what-we-expected-67f84c79dc34?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post comparing 7 languages under extreme load - Erlang was the only one that didn't crash https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger (https://github.com/software-mansion/live-debugger?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger v0.3.0 release being teased with new features https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3lrb4kpmmw227 (https://bsky.app/profile/membrane-swmansion.bsky.social/post/3lrb4kpmmw227?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Software Mansion preview of LiveDebugger v0.3.0 features including Firefox extension and enhanced debugging capabilities https://smartlogic.io/podcast/elixir-wizards/s14-e03-langchain-llm-integration-elixir/ (https://smartlogic.io/podcast/elixir-wizards/s14-e03-langchain-llm-integration-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Wizards podcast episode featuring discussion with Mark Ericksen on the Elixir LangChain project for LLM integration Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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257: Runtime Intelligence and MCP Servers
News includes Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 with significant type checking improvements and faster compile times, Gleam v1.11.0 delivering 30% faster JavaScript performance, the new Elixir Outreach stipend program providing funding for speakers to present at non-Elixir conferences, a batch of ElixirConf US 2024 videos featuring talks were published, the open-sourcing of Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView, upcoming support for “for” comprehensions in HEEX templates, and José Valim's announcement of Tidewave - the groundbreaking MCP server that gives AI agents runtime access to your Elixir applications rather than just static code, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/257 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/257) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.19.0-rc.0 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.19.0-rc.0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir v1.19.0-rc.0 release with mix format --migrate, type checking improvements, faster compile times, and parallel dependency compilation https://x.com/gleamlang/status/1929535582423650789 (https://x.com/gleamlang/status/1929535582423650789?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam v1.11.0 announcement https://gleam.run/news/gleam-javascript-gets-30-percent-faster/ (https://gleam.run/news/gleam-javascript-gets-30-percent-faster/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam compiled JavaScript runs 30% faster performance improvement https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/changelog/v1.11.md (https://github.com/gleam-lang/gleam/blob/main/changelog/v1.11.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam v1.11.0 changelog with testing tools and performance improvements https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/06/02/elixir-outreach-stipend-for-speakers/ (https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2025/06/02/elixir-outreach-stipend-for-speakers/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Outreach stipend program by Dashbit, Oban and the EEF providing up to $700 USD for speakers presenting Elixir to other ecosystems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknKAFzEsBg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknKAFzEsBg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 video release featuring multiple talks https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqj39LCvnOWbW2Zli4LurDGc6lL5ij-9Y?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 playlist with 16 new videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSrzruaby1M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSrzruaby1M?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ash AI Launch talk by Zach Daniel from ElixirConf EU https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/06/10/open-sourcing-noora-for-the-web (https://tuist.dev/blog/2025/06/10/open-sourcing-noora-for-the-web?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Noora design system for Phoenix LiveView open-sourced announcement https://noora.tuist.dev/ (https://noora.tuist.dev/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Noora - complete, accessible design system for Phoenix LiveView with Figma files and ready-to-use components https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/3827 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3827?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix LiveView PR adding support for for comprehensions in HEEX templates with keyed change tracking https://hexdocs.pm/lua/changelog.html#v0-3-0-2025-06-09 (https://hexdocs.pm/lua/changelog.html#v0-3-0-2025-06-09?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Lua for Elixir v0.3.0 changelog with new guard functions https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lr6g7g3nqs26 (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lr6g7g3nqs26?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bluesky post about Lua for Elixir update with guard support https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1929976577749664052 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1929976577749664052?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella announcing websocketdist library release https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1930262610705846640 (https://x.com/bcardarella/status/1930262610705846640?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian explaining the use-case behind websocketdist library https://github.com/otp-interop/websocketdist (https://github.com/otp-interop/web_socket_dist?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – websocketdist library for Erlang distribution over WebSockets https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/distributed.html (https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/distributed.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Erlang distributed systems documentation https://x.com/josevalim/status/1930670782788653284 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1930670782788653284?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim announcing Tidewave on X/Twitter https://dashbit.co/blog/announcing-tidewave (https://dashbit.co/blog/announcing-tidewave?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dashbit blog post announcing Tidewave - Elixir MCP server for AI runtime intelligence https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcpproxyrust#installation (https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcp_proxy_rust#installation?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave MCP proxy installation and setup instructions Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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256: Types, Tools, and Turbo Charging
News includes the Elixir 1.19 RC release featuring up to 4x faster compilation and significant types system improvements, more ElixirConfEU videos including José Valim's keynote on type system updates, the look at the Backpex admin panel for Phoenix LiveView applications, Ash AI's impressive AI integration using the Elixir LangChain library, an informal Elixir Contributors Summit recap from Software Mansion, the Quokka formatter that automatically fixes Credo style code issues, Popcorn's browser-based Elixir implementation with JavaScript interoperability, and the launch of Elixir Observer for better Hex package exploration, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/256 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/256) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir 1.19 RC release with up to 4x faster compilation for large projects, types system updates, and improved pretty printing https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConfEU videos playlist with all 4 keynotes and Lightning Talks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po-ckmSt1gI&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po-ckmSt1gI&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=13?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim's keynote "Type System and Elixir Updates + Extended Q&A" https://github.com/naymspace/backpex (https://github.com/naymspace/backpex?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Backpex - highly customizable administration panel for Phoenix LiveView applications https://backpex.live/ (https://backpex.live/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Backpex project landing page https://demo.backpex.live/admin/users (https://demo.backpex.live/admin/users?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Live demo of Backpex admin panel https://hexdocs.pm/ash_ai/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/ash_ai/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ash AI documentation - AI implementation for the Ash Framework https://x.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1927249155019149409 (https://x.com/ZachSDaniel1/status/1927249155019149409?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel's tweet teasing Ash AI features https://blog.swmansion.com/elixir-contributor-summit-2025-shaping-the-future-together-at-software-mansion-cc3271a188eb (https://blog.swmansion.com/elixir-contributor-summit-2025-shaping-the-future-together-at-software-mansion-cc3271a188eb?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post about the informal Elixir Contributors Summit held after ElixirConf EU https://github.com/smartrent/quokka (https://github.com/smartrent/quokka?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Quokka - Elixir formatter that combines mix format and mix credo to automatically fix code style issues https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn (https://github.com/software-mansion/popcorn?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Popcorn - library for running client-side Elixir in browsers with JavaScript interoperability https://popcorn.swmansion.com/simple_repl/ (https://popcorn.swmansion.com/simple_repl/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Popcorn live demo REPL https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM (https://github.com/atomvm/AtomVM?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AtomVM project that Popcorn is based on, compiles to WASM https://www.mimiquate.com/blog/introducing-elixir-observer-a-better-way-to-explore-elixir-packages (https://www.mimiquate.com/blog/introducing-elixir-observer-a-better-way-to-explore-elixir-packages?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post introducing Elixir Observer for exploring Hex packages https://elixir-observer.com/ (https://elixir-observer.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Observer website for package exploration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-FsRSDg6Pc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-FsRSDg6Pc?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – YouTube demo video of Elixir Observer https://github.com/mimiquate/elixir_observer (https://github.com/mimiquate/elixir_observer?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Open source GitHub repository for Elixir Observer https://elixir-observer.com/packages/ecto (https://elixir-observer.com/packages/ecto?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Example of Ecto package analysis on Elixir Observer Do you have some Elixir news to share? 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255: OTP 28 and Vibe Coding Phoenix Apps
News includes the major OTP 28 release with priority messages functionality, ElixirConf EU 2025 videos starting to appear including Chris McCord's keynote on his new phoenix.new service and James Arthur's introduction of Phoenix Sync for real-time database synchronization, the EEF board election results and their new role as a CVE Numbering Authority for the Hex ecosystem, upcoming co-located hooks and macro components in LiveView, updates to the Elixir Lua package and MDEx with its new Markdown sigil, a new convention for AI-friendly usage_rules.md files in hex packages, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/255 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/255) Elixir Community News https://www.honeybadger.io/ (https://www.honeybadger.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=podcast) – Honeybadger.io is sponsoring today's show! Keep your apps healthy and your customers happy with Honeybadger! It's free to get started, and setup takes less than five minutes. https://www.erlang.org/news/180 (https://www.erlang.org/news/180?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – OTP 28 release announcement with new priority messages functionality and SBOM support https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0076 (https://www.erlang.org/eeps/eep-0076?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEP 76 specification for priority messages in OTP 28 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf EU 2025 YouTube playlist with conference videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojLVHc4gLk&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2oZ&index=3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojL_VHc4gLk&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=3?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord's keynote "Code Generators are Dead. Long Live Code Generators" https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1923417060593356889 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1923417060593356889?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord's announcement about phoenix.new paid service https://phoenix.new/ (https://phoenix.new/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord's new phoenix.new paid service at Fly.io https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IWShnVuRCg&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IWShnVuRCg&list=PLvL2NEhYV4Zu421KzHuLICUqieJXI2o_Z&index=2?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – James Arthur's keynote "Introducing Phoenix Sync" from ElixirConf EU https://github.com/electric-sql/phoenix_sync/ (https://github.com/electric-sql/phoenix_sync/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix Sync GitHub repository for real-time sync to Postgres-backed Phoenix apps https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_sync/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix_sync/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix Sync documentation on HexDocs https://github.com/josevalim/sync (https://github.com/josevalim/sync?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim's sync project that inspired Phoenix Sync https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-results (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-results?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF board election results for Cohort C https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1924531926008004633 (https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1924531926008004633?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF Twitter announcement of election results https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-candidates (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025-candidates?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about the EEF election candidates https://erlef.org/blog/security/eef-cna-announcement (https://erlef.org/blog/security/eef-cna-announcement?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF becomes CVE Numbering Authority for Hex and BEAM ecosystem https://github.com/erlef-cna (https://github.com/erlef-cna?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF CNA GitHub organization https://cna.erlef.org/ (https://cna.erlef.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF CNA website https://github.com/surface-ui/surface (https://github.com/surface-ui/surface?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Surface UI project for server-side rendering components https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenixliveview/pull/3810 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_live_view/pull/3810?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Draft PR for co-located hooks and macro components in LiveView https://github.com/tv-labs/lua (https://github.com/tv-labs/lua?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Lua package v0.2.x release by TvLabs https://x.com/davydog187/status/1925186045156463034 (https://x.com/davydog187/status/1925186045156463034?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave's tweet about ElixirConf EU Luerl talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBBoXXH_98 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBBoXXH_98?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – "Lua on the BEAM" talk by Dave Lucia & Robert Virding https://discord.gg/6Ukp9vpj (https://discord.gg/6Ukp9vpj?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discord link for Lua community https://x.com/germsvel/status/1922602086065148093 (https://x.com/germsvel/status/1922602086065148093?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco's video highlighting LiveDebugger tool https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3lp4snnkpj225 (https://bsky.app/profile/germsvel.com/post/3lp4snnkpj225?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – German Velasco's BlueSky post about LiveDebugger https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Thinking Elixir episode 249 featuring LiveDebugger discussion https://hexdocs.pm/mdex/MDEx.Sigil.html (https://hexdocs.pm/mdex/MDEx.Sigil.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – MDEx v0.7 documentation for new ~MD sigil https://hexdocs.pm/autumn (https://hexdocs.pm/autumn?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Autumn syntax highlighter package that works with MDEx https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex_mermaid (https://github.com/leandrocp/mdex_mermaid?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – MDEx Mermaid plugin for adding mermaid support to Markdown https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lpofyykwds2i (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3lpofyykwds2i?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel's BlueSky post about usage_rules.md convention https://hexdocs.pm/usage_rules (https://hexdocs.pm/usage_rules?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Usage rules package documentation https://github.com/ash-project/usage_rules/ (https://github.com/ash-project/usage_rules/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Usage rules GitHub repository https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/ (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2025/05/19/the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-is-now-open-source/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Microsoft announcement about Windows Subsystem for Linux going open source https://www.zdnet.com/article/believe-it-or-not-microsoft-just-announced-a-linux-distribution-service-heres-why/ (https://www.zdnet.com/article/believe-it-or-not-microsoft-just-announced-a-linux-distribution-service-heres-why/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ZDNet article explaining Microsoft's Linux strategy and Azure statistics Do you have some Elixir 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254: Lua Scripting and Tidewave on Zed
News includes Hex 2.2.0 with the new :warnifoutdated option for keeping dependencies updated, Honeybadger's APM with built-in Elixir traces for major components, José Valim demonstrating Tidewave with Zed's AI coding agents, LiveDebugger v0.2.0 with DevTools integration and component highlighting, Dave Lucia's new Elixir "Lua" library for embedding Lua scripting, Paulo Valente's "handoff" library for distributed function graph execution, a PhD thesis on Elixir code smells becoming a finalist for a prestigious award, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/254 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/254) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a limited time offer. https://github.com/hexpm/hex/releases/tag/v2.2.0 (https://github.com/hexpm/hex/releases/tag/v2.2.0?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Hex releases 2.2.0 introducing the :warnifoutdated option to help keep dependencies updated. Taking a week off - no episode next week, but returning the following week. https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/elixir-performance-monitoring (https://www.honeybadger.io/blog/elixir-performance-monitoring?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Honeybadger now offers APM with built-in Elixir traces, including default dashboards for Ecto, Phoenix/LiveView, Oban, Absinthe, Finch, and Tesla. https://x.com/josevalim/status/1920062725394243640 (https://x.com/josevalim/status/1920062725394243640?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim demonstrates Tidewave being used with Zed editor's AI coding agents. https://zed.dev/agentic (https://zed.dev/agentic?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zed's agentic features used with Tidewave to code a pricing plan component. https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1kgyfhb/livedebuggerv020is_out/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1kgyfhb/livedebugger_v020_is_out/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveDebugger v0.2.0 released with Chrome DevTools extension, component highlighting, callback trace filtering, and dark mode. https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249 (https://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Previous podcast episode discussing LiveDebugger with Krzysztof. https://blog.swmansion.com/whats-new-in-livedebugger-v0-2-0-4543d3af5486 (https://blog.swmansion.com/whats-new-in-livedebugger-v0-2-0-4543d3af5486?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post covering the new features in LiveDebugger v0.2.0. https://hexdocs.pm/luerl/readme.html (https://hexdocs.pm/luerl/readme.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Luerl v1.4.1 released with Hex docs - an implementation of Lua 5.3 in Erlang/OTP. https://github.com/rvirding/luerl (https://github.com/rvirding/luerl?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub repository for Luerl, which Dave Lucia worked on with Robert Virding. https://www.lua.org/about.html (https://www.lua.org/about.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about Lua, a lightweight, embeddable scripting language. https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lozadtvqtc2m (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lozadtvqtc2m?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia's announcement of his new Elixir "Lua" library. https://davelucia.com/blog/lua-elixir (https://davelucia.com/blog/lua-elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining Dave's new Elixir Lua library. https://github.com/tv-labs/lua (https://github.com/tv-labs/lua?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The GitHub repository for the new Elixir Lua library, providing an ergonomic interface to Luerl. https://hexdocs.pm/handoff/ (https://hexdocs.pm/handoff/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Documentation for "handoff", a new Elixir library for distributed function graph execution. https://bsky.app/profile/polvalente.social/post/3louqxeegrs2u (https://bsky.app/profile/polvalente.social/post/3louqxeegrs2u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paulo Valente's announcement of the handoff library, which enables distributed Nx computations. https://github.com/polvalente/handoff (https://github.com/polvalente/handoff?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for the handoff library created by Paulo Valente and sponsored by TvLabs. https://bsky.app/profile/lucasvegi.bsky.social/post/3lke2pt2zws2e (https://bsky.app/profile/lucasvegi.bsky.social/post/3lke2pt2zws2e?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Lucas Vegi's PhD thesis "Code Smells and Refactorings for Elixir" is a finalist for the SBC Dissertation Award. https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/code-anti-patterns.html (https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/code-anti-patterns.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir's code anti-patterns guide, a practical resource related to code smells and refactoring in Elixir. 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253: Tidewave Triumphs and App Store Rebellions
News includes growing excitement around Tidewave for Elixir with users sharing success stories and integration tips, preparation for Elixir 1.19's deprecation of regex in module attributes, LiveViewNative launching a new "OTP Interop" organization focused on enabling offline functionality, and a major U.S. court ruling against Apple's App Store policies that opens new payment options for iOS developers, creating opportunities for services like Stripe to offer more competitive alternatives to Apple's 30% commission, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/253 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/253) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a limited time offer. https://x.com/ba_wolf/status/1918008345862049820 (https://x.com/ba_wolf/status/1918008345862049820?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bryant shared on X that Tidewave pairs well with Oban jobs, allowing cursors to run jobs and check status with errors stored in the record. https://bsky.app/profile/ceolinwill.bsky.social/post/3lo7fc7jy262n (https://bsky.app/profile/ceolinwill.bsky.social/post/3lo7fc7jy262n?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – A user found Tidewave for Elixir promising, noting it solved a bug that Claude couldn't by using the packagedocssearch tool. https://bsky.app/profile/petros.software/post/3lohcby7frv22 (https://bsky.app/profile/petros.software/post/3lohcby7frv22?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Despite the AI revolution, programmers still need to read code, making human-friendly languages like Elixir and Phoenix important choices. https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3loamzmazlk2s (https://bsky.app/profile/zachdaniel.dev/post/3loamzmazlk2s?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tidewave.ai can now be installed through the Ash HQ installer, with Zach Daniel teasing more information in coming weeks. https://hexdocs.pm/tidewave/tipsandtricks.html#configure-your-prompts (https://hexdocs.pm/tidewave/tips_and_tricks.html#configure-your-prompts?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tips and tricks documentation for improving your Tidewave experience, including prompt configuration. https://geekmonkey.org/detecting-deprecated-regex-module-attributes-in-elixir-with-credo/ (https://geekmonkey.org/detecting-deprecated-regex-module-attributes-in-elixir-with-credo/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fabian Becker's blog post showing how to create a Credo rule to detect regex module attributes that will be deprecated in Elixir 1.19. https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14381 (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/pull/14381?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – PR explaining the issue with regex module attributes and introducing the workaround for the upcoming Elixir 1.19 deprecation. https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo2rsc3th22h (https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo2rsc3th22h?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Brian Cardarella shared that LiveViewNative started a new "OTP Interop" GitHub organization to extract work that enables offline mode. https://github.com/otp-interop (https://github.com/otp-interop?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The new OTP Interop GitHub organization housing projects to improve Elixir's interoperability with other platforms. https://github.com/otp-interop/swift-erlang-actor-system (https://github.com/otp-interop/swift-erlang-actor-system?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Project providing Erlang/Elixir integration for Swift Distributed Actors. https://github.com/otp-interop/elixir_pack (https://github.com/otp-interop/elixir_pack?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tool to build Elixir applications for iOS, part of the OTP Interop initiative. https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo4shx2cpk2g (https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lo4shx2cpk2g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – LiveViewNative now supports Apple App Store's new allowances for outside transaction services like Stripe. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-judge-rules-apple-violated-order-reform-app-store-2025-04-30/ (https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-judge-rules-apple-violated-order-reform-app-store-2025-04-30/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Reuters report on US judge ruling that Apple violated the order to reform its App Store policies. https://www.pymnts.com/apple/2025/apple-appeals-after-judge-finds-company-disobeyed-ruling/ (https://www.pymnts.com/apple/2025/apple-appeals-after-judge-finds-company-disobeyed-ruling/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Coverage of Apple appealing after judge found the company disobeyed the previous ruling about App Store competition. https://www.techspot.com/news/107752-court-orders-apple-stop-blocking-competition-app-store.html (https://www.techspot.com/news/107752-court-orders-apple-stop-blocking-competition-app-store.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Court orders Apple to stop blocking competition in the App Store, forcing changes to payment systems. https://docs.stripe.com/sdks/ios (https://docs.stripe.com/sdks/ios?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Stripe's iOS SDK documentation for building payments into iOS apps, relevant after the App Store ruling. https://ericmigi.com/blog/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-awesome-with-iphones (https://ericmigi.com/blog/apple-restricts-pebble-from-being-awesome-with-iphones?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Related post about Apple's history of restrictive practices, in this case with Pebble smartwatches. 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252: Riding the Tidewave of AI-Enhanced Phoenix
News includes Tidewave, a new Phoenix MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access application runtime, Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app with LiveView hosted IDE features, a new GitHub Action for submitting Elixir dependencies to enhance security, ExMeralda.chat, a community chatbot for querying Hex packages, updates on Software Mansion's LiveDebugger v0.2.0 coming in May, mix test.interactive for enhanced ExUnit testing workflows, and information about slopsquatting, a new malware technique targeting AI-assisted developers, and more!Template Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/252 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/252) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a limited time offer. https://youtu.be/vGue4LtqeWg (https://youtu.be/vGue4LtqeWg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Introduction video for Tidewave, a Phoenix/Rails MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access your application's runtime. https://github.com/hexpm/hexdocs/issues/49 (https://github.com/hexpm/hexdocs/issues/49?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Hexdocs PR enabling documentation context for Tidewave, allowing AI assistants to access app documentation without manual copying. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1915017804937375896 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1915017804937375896?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app that writes code. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1917002231322116298 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1917002231322116298?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord demonstrating an interactive LiveView hosted IDE with realtime terminal support synced across browsers/devices. https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lngay5chys22 (https://bsky.app/profile/theerlef.bsky.social/post/3lngay5chys22?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF announcement about the "mix-dependency-submission" GitHub Action for submitting Elixir/Mix dependencies. https://github.com/erlef/mix-dependency-submission (https://github.com/erlef/mix-dependency-submission?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repo for the mix-dependency-submission tool that calculates dependencies for Mix and submits them to GitHub's API. https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/using-the-dependency-submission-api (https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/supply-chain-security/understanding-your-software-supply-chain/using-the-dependency-submission-api?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub documentation about the Dependency Submission API used by the mix-dependency-submission tool. https://exmeralda.chat/chat/start (https://exmeralda.chat/chat/start?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ExMeralda.chat, a chatbot for hex.pm packages from bitcrowd.dev, using their Elixir RAG library. https://bitcrowd.dev/exmeralda-a-community-chatbot-for-hex-packages/ (https://bitcrowd.dev/exmeralda-a-community-chatbot-for-hex-packages/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining ExMeralda, a community chatbot for Hex packages that demonstrates RAG systems with LLMs. https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k600mu/livedebuggerv020upcomingfeaturespart_1/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k600mu/livedebugger_v020_upcoming_features_part_1/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Reddit post from Software Mansion about upcoming features in LiveDebugger v0.2.0, expected in early May. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNl-y49Ou7E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNl-y49Ou7E?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Full interview discussing LiveDebugger in more depth. https://github.com/randycoulman/mixtestinteractive (https://github.com/randycoulman/mix_test_interactive?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – mix test.interactive - an interactive test runner for ExUnit tests that enhances testing workflows. https://x.com/jskalc/status/1916824204156035300 (https://x.com/jskalc/status/1916824204156035300?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Twitter post highlighting mix test.interactive's features including running tests by names, rerunning on file save, and more. https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025 (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Information about upcoming Erlang Ecosystem Foundation board elections with important dates. https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/async-tests-in-elixir/ (https://andrealeopardi.com/posts/async-tests-in-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Andrea Leopardi's blog post about reworking singleton architecture to leverage async tests in ExUnit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrAqMyjbkJQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrAqMyjbkJQ?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 talk by Jason Stiebs on FLAME (Fleeting Lambda Application for Modular Execution). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62OK9B4yRfg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62OK9B4yRfg?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2024 talk by James Isenhart on 'OpenTelemetry: From Desire to Dashboard' https://gridinsoft.com/blogs/slopsquatting-malware/ (https://gridinsoft.com/blogs/slopsquatting-malware/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Article about slopsquatting, a new malware technique targeting AI-assisted developers by exploiting AI hallucinations of package names. 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251: SSH Vulnerability and Cookies are Changing
News includes a critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH, José Valim teasing a new project, Oban Pro v1.6's impressive new "Cascade Mode" feature, Semaphore CI/CD platform being open-sourced as a primarily Elixir application, new sandboxing options for Elixir code with Dune and Mini Elixir, BeaconCMS development slowing due to DockYard cuts, and a look at the upcoming W3C Device Bound Session Credentials standard that will impact all web applications, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/251 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/251) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a limited time offer. https://x.com/ErlangDiscu/status/1914259474937753747 (https://x.com/ErlangDiscu/status/1914259474937753747?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability discovered in Erlang/OTP SSH. https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-37cp-fgq5-7wc2 (https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-37cp-fgq5-7wc2?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Official security advisory for the Erlang/OTP SSH vulnerability. https://paraxial.io/blog/erlang-ssh (https://paraxial.io/blog/erlang-ssh?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io's detailed blog post addressing how the SSH vulnerability impacts typical Elixir systems. https://elixirforum.com/t/updated-nerves-systems-available-with-cve-2025-32433-ssh-fix/70539 (https://elixirforum.com/t/updated-nerves-systems-available-with-cve-2025-32433-ssh-fix/70539?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Updated Nerves systems available with SSH vulnerability fix. https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lndzg72r2k2g (https://bsky.app/profile/oban.pro/post/3lndzg72r2k2g?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement of Oban Pro v1.6's new "Cascade Mode" feature. https://oban.pro/articles/weaving-stories-with-cascading-workflows (https://oban.pro/articles/weaving-stories-with-cascading-workflows?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post demonstrating Oban Pro's new Cascading Workflows feature used to create children's stories with AI. https://bsky.app/profile/josevalim.bsky.social/post/3lmw5fvnyvc2k (https://bsky.app/profile/josevalim.bsky.social/post/3lmw5fvnyvc2k?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – José Valim teasing a new logo with "Soon" message. https://tidewave.ai/ (https://tidewave.ai/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New site mentioned in José Valim's teasers, not loading to anything yet. https://github.com/tidewave-ai (https://github.com/tidewave-ai?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New GitHub organization related to José Valim's upcoming announcement. https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcpproxyelixir (https://github.com/tidewave-ai/mcp_proxy_elixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The only public project in the tidewave-ai organization - an Elixir MCP server for STDIO. https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1913073561561858229 (https://x.com/chris_mccord/status/1913073561561858229?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Chris McCord teasing AI development with Phoenix applications. https://ashweekly.substack.com/p/ash-weekly-issue-13 (https://ashweekly.substack.com/p/ash-weekly-issue-13?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Zach Daniel teasing upcoming Ash news to be announced at ElixirConf EU. https://elixirforum.com/t/dune-sandbox-for-elixir/42480 (https://elixirforum.com/t/dune-sandbox-for-elixir/42480?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dune - a sandbox for Elixir created by a Phoenix maintainer. https://github.com/functional-rewire/dune (https://github.com/functional-rewire/dune?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for Dune, an Elixir code sandbox. https://blog.sequinstream.com/why-we-built-mini-elixir/ (https://blog.sequinstream.com/why-we-built-mini-elixir/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Blog post explaining Mini Elixir, another Elixir code sandbox solution. https://github.com/sequinstream/sequin/tree/main/lib/sequin/transforms/minielixir (https://github.com/sequinstream/sequin/tree/main/lib/sequin/transforms/minielixir?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository that contains Mini Elixir, an Elixir AST interpreter. https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k27ekg/webuiltacustomelixirastinterpreter_for/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/elixir/comments/1k27ekg/we_built_a_custom_elixir_ast_interpreter_for/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Reddit discussion about Mini Elixir AST interpreter. https://github.com/semaphoreio/semaphore (https://github.com/semaphoreio/semaphore?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Semaphore CI/CD platform open-sourced under Apache 2.0 license - primarily an Elixir application. https://semaphore.io/ (https://semaphore.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Official website for Semaphore CI/CD platform. https://docs.semaphoreci.com/CE/getting-started/install (https://docs.semaphoreci.com/CE/getting-started/install?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Installation guide for Semaphore Community Edition. https://bsky.app/profile/markoanastasov.bsky.social/post/3lj5o5h5z7k2t (https://bsky.app/profile/markoanastasov.bsky.social/post/3lj5o5h5z7k2t?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement from Marko Anastasov, co-founder of Semaphore CI, about open-sourcing their platform. https://github.com/elixir-dbvisor/sql (https://github.com/elixir-dbvisor/sql?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for SQL parser and sigil with impressive benchmarks. https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-ecto/c/8MOkRFAdLZc?pli=1 (https://groups.google.com/g/elixir-ecto/c/8MOkRFAdLZc?pli=1?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discussion about SQL parser being 400-650x faster than Ecto for generating SQL. https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lndymobsak2p (https://bsky.app/profile/bcardarella.bsky.social/post/3lndymobsak2p?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement about BeaconCMS reducing development due to Dockyard cuts. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vnywtpvzgdgetnwea3fs3y6w (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vnywtpvzgdgetnwea3fs3y6w?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Related profile for BeaconCMS announcement. https://beaconcms.org/ (https://beaconcms.org/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – BeaconCMS official website. https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon (https://github.com/BeaconCMS/beacon?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – GitHub repository for BeaconCMS. 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Tell us at @ThinkingElixir (https://twitter.com/ThinkingElixir) or email at show@thinkingelixir.com (mailto:show@thinkingelixir.com) Discussion Resources Discussion about Device Bound Session Credentials, a W3C initiative being built into major browsers that will require minor changes to Phoenix for implementation. https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-dbsc/ (https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-dbsc/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – W3C - Device Bound Session Credentials proposal https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-dbsc/ (https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-dbsc/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Device Bound Session Credentials explainer https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/device-bound-session-credentials (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/device-bound-session-credentials?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) on the Google Chrome developer blog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrustedPlatformModule (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Wikipedia article on Trusted Platform Module, relevant to Device Bound Session Credentials discussion. https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1021-notes.pdf (https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-1021-notes.pdf?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Other podcast show notes discussing Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC). https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1021?autostart=false (https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/1021?autostart=false?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Security Now podcast episode covering Device Bound Session Credentials (time coded link to discussion). 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250: EEF Elections and Security
News includes EEF board elections with voting beginning May 9th, Gleam v1.10.0 enhancing security with SBoMs and SLSA build provenance, an AshAuthentication vulnerability with mitigation steps, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a permanent home at the EEF, announcements for both ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando and ElixirConfEU in Krakow with speaker lineup, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/250 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/250) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a limited time offer. https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025 (https://erlef.org/blog/eef/election-2025?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – EEF board elections announced with important dates - candidacy submissions by May 8th, voting open May 9-16th. https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1911847956308959650 (https://x.com/TheErlef/status/1911847956308959650?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Gleam v1.10.0 will ship with Build SBoMs and SLSA build provenance for all release artifacts and Docker images, improving visibility into dependencies and software supply chain security. https://x.com/theerlef/status/1910348770514006242 (https://x.com/theerlef/status/1910348770514006242?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – The "Elixir Secure Coding Training (ESCT)" project has been transferred to the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation for a more permanent home and maintainership. https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lmcqhzoc7c26 (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3lmcqhzoc7c26?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Dave Lucia shares information about the ESCT project transfer from Podium to TvLabs and ultimately to the EEF. https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding (https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – An interactive cybersecurity curriculum designed for enterprise use at software companies using Elixir. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6184 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6184?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fix for Plug.Debugger screen which was showing ANSI codes in HTML. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6194 (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/pull/6194?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Fix for the Phoenix installer's incorrect application of custom variants in tailwind v4. https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-3988-q8q7-p787 (https://github.com/team-alembic/ash_authentication/security/advisories/GHSA-3988-q8q7-p787?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – AshAuthentication vulnerability published with mitigation steps - update packages, set requireinteraction to true, and add confirmroute above auth_routes. https://elixirconf.com/ (https://elixirconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2025 is open for submitting talks and workshops in Orlando. Talk submissions due April 29, workshop submissions due April 15. https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137 (https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement for ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando with deadlines for talk and workshop submissions. https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1911747531953832323 (https://x.com/ElixirConfEU/status/1911747531953832323?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConfEU Speakers were announced for the upcoming conference in Krakow, Poland. https://www.elixirconf.eu/#tickets (https://www.elixirconf.eu/#tickets?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Ticket information for ElixirConfEU - 250 Euros for virtual ticket, 600 Euros for in-person ticket. https://www.elixirconf.eu/#keynotes (https://www.elixirconf.eu/#keynotes?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Keynote information for ElixirConfEU in Krakow, Poland, May 14-16 (training on May 14, regular sessions on May 15-16). 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249: LiveDebugger: Peering Inside a LiveView
News includes Phoenix 1.8.0-rc release with DaisyUI styled Tailwind components and magic link authentication, a new design pattern called "scopes", a new privacy-focused feature in Ecto for schema redaction, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a new home at TvLabs, a helpful iex shell tip for multiline commands, and more! We interview Krzysztof Nalepa, the primary creator of LiveDebugger, discussing how this powerful tool helps debug LiveView states and structures, how the project originated, upcoming features, and more. Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249 (http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/249) Elixir Community News https://paraxial.io/ (https://paraxial.io/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Paraxial.io is sponsoring today's show! Sign up for a free trial of Paraxial.io today and mention Thinking Elixir when you schedule a demo for a limited time offer. https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-8-released (https://phoenixframework.org/blog/phoenix-1-8-released?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Phoenix 1.8.0-rc released with DaisyUI styled Tailwind components, magic link authentication, revised layouts, and new scopes pattern for data access and authorization. https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-1-8-0-rc-0-released/70256 (https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-1-8-0-rc-0-released/70256?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Discussion forum post about the Phoenix 1.8.0-rc.0 release. https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/b1c459943b3279f97725787b9150ff4950958d12/CHANGELOG.md (https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/b1c459943b3279f97725787b9150ff4950958d12/CHANGELOG.md?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Changelog detailing the few deprecations in Phoenix 1.8. https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/1.8.0-rc.0/scopes.html (https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/1.8.0-rc.0/scopes.html?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – New scopes guide in Phoenix 1.8, designed to make secure data access the default. https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/pull/4599 (https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/pull/4599?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Privacy/security focused PR merged into Ecto adding a @schema_redact module attribute to make redacting fields easier. https://bsky.app/profile/nezteb.net/post/3lm6nbpgelk2b (https://bsky.app/profile/nezteb.net/post/3lm6nbpgelk2b?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Bluesky post about the new Ecto schema redaction feature. https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding (https://github.com/erlef/elixir-secure-coding?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Elixir Secure Coding Training (ESCT) project, an interactive cybersecurity curriculum for Elixir teams, has found a new maintainer in TvLabs. https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llwjpgsrgs2u (https://bsky.app/profile/davelucia.com/post/3llwjpgsrgs2u?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement about the ESCT project maintainership transition, with plans to eventually move it to the EEF. https://bsky.app/profile/bobbby.online/post/3llwpqtwwf22r (https://bsky.app/profile/bobbby.online/post/3llwpqtwwf22r?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Tip for Elixir users - setting export VISUAL=youreditorof_choice allows entering multiline commands in iex shell by pressing ESCAPE+o. https://dep-mcp.9elements.com/ (https://dep-mcp.9elements.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Daniel Hoelzgen created a new MCP Server that brings package repository awareness for Hex.pm and other package managers to code editors supporting Model Context Protocol. https://x.com/brainlid/status/1909600607935381553 (https://x.com/brainlid/status/1909600607935381553?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Configuration instructions for using the dep-mcp server in Cursor. https://elixirconf.com/ (https://elixirconf.com/?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando is open for submitting talks (deadline Apr 29) and workshops (deadline Apr 15). https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137 (https://x.com/elixirconf/status/1907843035544826137?utm_source=thinkingelixir&utm_medium=shownotes) – Announcement about ElixirConf US 2025 with information about joining the waitlist for pre-sale tickets. 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